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Description

Platform Coop Brussels is a project operating in the Brussels region, which actively supports the establishment of platform cooperatives and the creation of networks among cooperatives.

The project is led by Smart (société mutuelle pour artistes), SAW-B (Fédération d'économie sociale) and Febecoop (an organisation promoting cooperative models), and supported by the Brussels-Capital Region under the Small Business Act. The approach is part of the international movement of ‘Platform Cooperativism’ established in 2015 in New York. The initiative set up a network of different stakeholders (academics, political decision-makers, unionists and entrepreneurs) in order to support innovation and progress towards an inclusive and redistributive digital economy. The main objective is to support individuals (workers, entrepreneurs, further stakeholders) with the tools for sustainable self-organisation. The initiative aims to achieve this by information sharing (creation of a shared knowledge base and the support of sharing information on cooperatives), ‘federating’ (supporting existing initiatives and stimulating cross-border cooperation with other European cities), equipping (raising awareness among stakeholders that might act as sponsors and supporters in order to integrate cooperative models in the economic ecosystem) and mobilising (analysis of obstacles and opportunities in Brussels relating to the establishment of cooperative platforms and encouragement of public authorities to support project leaders and mobilise civil society). 

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Keywords

platform cooperatives

Actors

Worker collectives (cooperatives), Employee organisation, Government

Sector

No specific sector focus

Platforms

Platform Coop

Related initiative

• Smart (société mutuelle pour artistes)

  Smart is a cooperative production house for freelancers (which may include platform workers) and projects that have been awarded cultural grants. It comprises of 90,000 members in nine EU countries. …

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